Comments on: Tom Ricks and the American Caesar’s Ghost http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:19:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Huber http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63082 Jeff Huber Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:06:44 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63082 He's just a "Tomcat Guy"; not quite the same thing as a coward. Exactly. ;-) He’s just a “Tomcat Guy”; not quite the same thing as a coward. Exactly. ;-)

]]> By: Chumbawamba http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63076 Chumbawamba Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:28:57 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63076 Jeff, thanks for this essay. Ward Carroll is a coward. Jeff, thanks for this essay. Ward Carroll is a coward.

]]> By: Jeff Huber http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63053 Jeff Huber Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:46:51 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63053 Hear, hear, Marcus. J Hear, hear, Marcus.

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]]> By: Jeff Huber http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63035 Jeff Huber Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:24:51 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63035 Fairly brave of Oates to come out like that, considering that Petraeus now controls all general promotions. (He chaired the last one-star board, that pretty much makes him the guy who shapes the future of the Army, and the--gasp--model of what it takes to make rank in the service.) Jeff Fairly brave of Oates to come out like that, considering that Petraeus now controls all general promotions. (He chaired the last one-star board, that pretty much makes him the guy who shapes the future of the Army, and the–gasp–model of what it takes to make rank in the service.)

Jeff

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63034 Lex Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:48:54 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63034 The recent announcement by the southern commander (that there's no reason not to leave) certainly lends weight to your thesis, Jeff. Some of us have seen this was bound to happen, and we get pretty nervous about being proved correct. The recent announcement by the southern commander (that there’s no reason not to leave) certainly lends weight to your thesis, Jeff.

Some of us have seen this was bound to happen, and we get pretty nervous about being proved correct.

]]> By: Jeff Huber http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63026 Jeff Huber Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:28:21 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63026 Oh, and fire Petraeus, Mullen, Odierno, Gates, etc. Oh, and fire Petraeus, Mullen, Odierno, Gates, etc.

]]> By: Jeff Huber http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63025 Jeff Huber Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63025 Solution=Leave Iraq Solution=Leave Iraq

]]> By: Marcus http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63015 Marcus Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:01:35 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63015 The solution is very, very simple. You just walk away and call it a day. It worked in "Nam" and it will work in Iraq. The solution is very, very simple. You just walk away and call it a day. It worked in “Nam” and it will work in Iraq.

]]> By: joy316 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/02/17/tom-ricks-and-the-american-caesars-ghost/comment-page-1/#comment-63008 joy316 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:51:38 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7656#comment-63008 Interesting essay but you don't give any solution to this seemly "no-win" situation. Interesting essay but you don’t give any solution to this seemly “no-win” situation.

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